Chapter 725 - 521: The Boundless Sea of Blood Brings the Apocalypse (Part 2)
The voices of discussion rose and fell, filled with fear, awe, and worry, yet no one dared to approach the Blood Sea of the Netherworld by even half a step.
The murderous aura was too terrifying; the mere presence of it was enough to crush the average Void Refining Cultivator, and no one dared to risk their lives.
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In the Panwu World, above the nine heavens, lay the Origin Violet Palace.
The Heavenly Dao Hong Sheng gazed toward the direction of the Blood Sea of the Netherworld, revealing a faint smile:
"The sea of blood rages, its ferocity reaches the heavens, and at last, the final Innate Divine Being of this era has descended."
He nodded slightly:
"Sword Law and Blood Law, both comprehended, the Dharma Seed is exceedingly profound..."
"In ultimate prosperity lies inevitable decline; the Panwu Realm must also enter the next stage."
"The Destructive Tribulation arrives!"
With those words, he slowly closed his eyes, and a brilliant light emerged—this was the Panwu Dharma Seed, which carried all the laws and the origin of the Panwu World.
In that instant, the Dharma Seed radiated intensely, dazzlingly bright, illuminating the land of origin.
Within the Dharma Seed, one could vaguely see true illusions, mind, arrays, sword, blood... a variety of mysterious powers of laws interwoven and flowing, complementing each other, exuding a majestic force.
The consciousness of Heavenly Dao Hong Sheng merged into the Panwu Dharma Seed:
"Formation, sustenance, destruction, void, the heavenly cycle turns!"
"Heaven’s Heart Scatters!"
With a single word, the power of the Heavenly Dao instantly swept across the entire Panwu World.
In an instant, above the firmament of the Panwu World.
The vast Heaven’s Heart, which maintained the world’s order and nourished the Dao Hearts of all beings, suddenly shattered, turning into countless points of light, dissipating between heaven and earth.
As Heaven’s Heart scattered, an apocalyptic aura spread throughout the entire Panwu World.
A pervasive atmosphere of destructive tribulation emerged, spreading like black fog, shrouding the firmament.
The world of Panwu began to collapse, decay, and fracture... gradually entering the third phase.
Countless Spirit Veins were swiftly drained, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that escaped from them turned violently frenzied, forming Spiritual Qi storms that tore through the void.
An almost world-ending catastrophe descended!
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Simultaneously, the suspended Panwu Dharma Seed in the firmament suddenly expanded, transforming into a colossal whale.
The whale was surrounded by endless power of laws and the light of origin, opening its massive mouth, crazily devouring the earth’s origin of the Panwu World.
The earth’s origin was being devoured relentlessly, causing the tremors in mountains, rivers, and seas to intensify, with all signs becoming increasingly evident.
Disasters struck frequently, stars fell, Yin and Yang reversed... mountains turned to ash, living beings were devastated.
The entire process of the Panwu World entering the next phase was thoroughly accelerated.
Countless cultivators were shocked to the extreme, their bodies trembling violently.
Multitudes of beings knelt and wailed, faces full of terror, their eyes filled with confusion and despair.
They could not understand what kind of upheaval had occurred.
Why would the heavens suddenly collapse?
Why would an unprecedented aura of death suddenly sweep across the world, leaving no escape?
"Heaven’s Heart has collapsed! It’s the collapse of Heaven’s Heart!"
"The end of the era, the world shall perish!"
"Where is Hong Sheng, the Dao Ancestor?!"
"Where is the Dao Ancestor?! We plead for the Dao Ancestor to appear, to protect the sentient beings, to save the Panwu Realm!"
Countless cultivators knelt and kowtowed, calling out in unison, their voices mournful, echoing through the skies...
Yet, no matter how they called, there was only silence!
Only the Panwu Dharma Seed, transformed into a giant whale, continued to devour the earth’s origin, accelerating the destruction of the world.
Hong Sheng sat cross-legged in the nine heavens, single-mindedly driving the transformation of the world, as for the myriad living beings within him... he gazed towards where the Blood Sea was.
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Meanwhile, above the Blood Sea of the Netherworld.
Clang clang~~
A series of crisp and eerie sword cries suddenly rang out, piercing through the lamentations and clamor of the heavens and earth, carrying endless murderous intent, straight to the firmament.
It was not one sword cry, but two intertwined, responding to each other.
They caused the entire Panwu World’s space to shake violently, even the waves of the Blood Sea rolled rhythmically with them.
Ming Sheng sat upright on a blood-colored lotus platform, his eyes scarlet like blood, and with a raise of his hand, he heavily slapped the Yuan Tu and Abi swords laying across his lap.
"Rise!"
Upon his command, the two swords instantly hummed, soaring into the sky, suspended above the Blood Sea, ringing with a resounding clang!!
The sword’s resonance contained endless intent of slaughter.
Rumble——!!!
A tremendous noise shook the entire universe, causing the entire netherworld blood sea to boil.
Gigantic waves surged into the sky, soaring billions of zhang high.
As the crimson waves rolled, they carried an immense quantity of slaughtering and sinister Qi, like a rushing blood-colored dragon.
The endless blood sea boiled wildly, and as the waves crashed, the Yuantu and Abi swords slowly rotated.
Countless cultivators, with just a distant glance at the sword bodies of those two swords, felt both their mind and body tremble violently, their Qi and blood surging, and their divine soul quivering.
It was as if an invincible sharp Qi threatened to shatter and annihilate both their primordial spirit and body.
Countless cultivators were shocked and terrified:
"What a demon!"
"Great demon!"
"World-destroying Blood Demon!"
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Chen Sheng’s expression was neither joyful nor sorrowful, his aura surged dramatically, overwhelmingly beyond any cultivator’s imagination in the world.
That aura, carrying massive slaughter and hostility, soared into the sky, causing the entire Panwu world to tremble.
The overwhelming killing intent swept across the eight directions and filled the nine heavens and ten lands, permeating the entire Panwu space-time.
Whether at the netherworld’s bottom or above the nine heavens, it was shrouded by this overwhelming killing intent with no escape, no hiding place.
Countless cultivators were so oppressed by this killing intent that they couldn’t rise, only kneeling and wailing, eyes full of despair.
Crash——!!!
In the netherworld, the vast blood sea suddenly surged upward.
The crimson blood waves, like countless rushing rivers, converged into a boundless blood-colored waterfall.
Flowing against the current, surging towards the nine heavens, with vast momentum, shaking the universe.
In just a moment, the surging blood sea covered the entire nine heavens and ten lands, reaching every time and space, enveloping the sun, moon, and stars of the Panwu world in a crimson hue.
Between heaven and earth, there was only blood, with endless hostility and slaughter intent permeating all directions.
The ancestor Chen Sheng slowly rose, with each step causing the blood-colored lotus platform under his feet to rise.
Step by step towards the heavens, with each step, countless blood lights blossomed, and with each step, heaven and earth trembled.
He slowly walked into the endless blood sea that covered the sky in an instant, holding the Yuantu and Abi swords, and sat again on the blood-colored lotus platform.
The blood-colored lotus platform floated at the pinnacle of the blood sea, slowly rotating, emitting immense blood Dao power.
The ancestor Chen Sheng lowered his gaze, overlooking the entire Panwu world.
His gaze seemed capable of penetrating all space-time, seeing every corner of the Panwu world, seeing every trembling living being.
"The surging blood sea heralds the world’s destruction!"
"Slaughter all beings, Asura life!"
With those words, his hands slightly moved, and the Yuantu and Abi swords in his arms finally unsheathed completely!
Clang, clang——!!!
With just two sword cries, it was as if two world-ending thunders exploded in the firmament.
Amid the sword cries, two massive blood dragons howled down from the swords.
The Yuantu sword transformed into a black blood dragon, and the Abi sword transformed into a red blood dragon, the two blood dragons entwined, roaring towards the earth, demonstrating endless destructive omens.
Cultivators were instantly cut down by the two blood dragons, transforming into strands of spirit light, falling into the blood sea below.
Then, numerous ferocious Asuras, filled with hostility, emerged from the blood sea.
Chen Sheng nodded inwardly, considering all beings of this world as his bloodline descendants, now all transformed into the Asura race, a purification of the bloodline!
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In the Heaven and Earth Sword Mountain, deep within the sword forest, shrouded in clouds and mist, permeated with Sword Qi.
Chen Sheng remained seated on the mat, advancing the transformation of the world within him, his cultivation also undergoing tremendous change.
Several Daoist Monarchs with overwhelming auras were quietly meditating and enlightening there.
"Hm?"
They suddenly sensed something, slowly opening their eyes.
They keenly noticed that Chen Sheng’s aura underwent a dramatic transformation.
"Breakthrough to the third step of Integration... no, Blood Dao, Sword Dao, Array Dao... such deep foundations!"
"One breakthrough, advancing straight towards Perfection in the third step of Integration."
"Such courage, such insight!"
"No wonder he could stand alongside us as a Dharma Master, favored by the Immortal Mountain Spirit."